World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 445 Team Spirit Leaves
In terms of comprehensive ability, Vinicius completely crushed Antonio.

In the 4th minute, Vinicius took the ball with his back and gave full play to the flexibility of the Brazilian player's feet. He knocked the ball with his back and pierced Antonio's crotch behind him, completing an extraordinary breakthrough.

In the 7th minute, Benfica made a cross from the side. Antonio and Vinicius jumped in the penalty area at the same time. The young Vinicius had better physical fitness and jumped higher. He took the lead in reaching the ball and formed a threatening shot.

In the 13th minute, Vinicius and Antonio competed for 1/2 of the ball. Their bodies collided continuously, and the "bang bang" of muscle confrontation rang out. In the end, Antonio, who was one size smaller, suffered a disadvantage and was squeezed away by Vinicius.

Antonio saw that the situation was not good, so he had to pull behind him, dragging Vinicius to the ground, the referee whistle sounded, foul!
Fortunately, the referee gave face and only gave a verbal warning without drawing any cards.

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Everyone in Maritimo on the sidelines watched anxiously. The opponent's intention was very obvious, which was to focus on Antonio.

Antonio is no match for Vinicius at all, there is no doubt about this from the perspective of the worth of both parties.

Antonio's transfer price is only 450 million euros, while Vinicius was worth as much as 2019 million euros when he transferred from Naples in 1700!
Regardless of height, weight, strength, speed, flexibility, or even age, Antonio is no match for Vinicius.

The only thing he can rely on is Antonio's experience, but in the face of the absolute gap in strength, experience can play a very limited role.

Gao Yuan also frowned. Of course, he also found that Antonio was at a disadvantage. He wanted to use the system to improve Antonio's ability, but he was inferior in all aspects. Gao Yuan hadn't figured out which aspect of CA he should improve.

On the court, Antonio was once again at a disadvantage in the confrontation.

Vinicius, who is 1 meters tall, is surprisingly flexible on his feet, and with a few dazzling dribbles, he passed Antonio.

However, Antonio is also very experienced, and he followed Vinicius closely without being completely thrown away by the opponent.

But Vinicius slammed the ball forward, accelerated suddenly, and suddenly opened the distance from Antonio.

Antonio didn't expect that the opponent could accelerate again during the sprint, he was shocked, and in desperation, he flew to throw the shovel.

This shovel was extremely fierce, destroying the ball, but it also brought Vinicius to the ground.

"Squeak~~" The sharp whistle sounded, and the referee rushed over and took out the yellow card without hesitation.

"God! I tackled the ball first! It's the ball! Damn it, why did you draw a card for me!" Antonio got up from the ground and shouted at the referee angrily.

"You made a foul! You tackled the ball from behind and brought him down!" Facing the angry team spirit, the referee explained.

"I tackled the ball first and didn't touch anyone! He flopped! Are you blind or a fool!" Antonio didn't listen to the referee's explanation, like a furious lion.

"You'd better keep your mouth clean, or I'll be impolite!" The referee, even a clay figurine, has an earthy nature. Seeing Antonio's lack of face, he couldn't help saying angrily.

Antonio was still chattering, but his teammates knew how powerful they were. They rushed over, pulled, persuaded Quan, explained to the referee, apologized and apologized, and finally the situation did not escalate.

However, the referee was really angry, pointed at Antonio and said, "You better be careful, I will pay attention to you!"

Antonio glared at the referee with his eyes wide open, his chest heaved violently, obviously still angry.

As a veteran player, although he has a hot temper, he is not stupid. He knows the reason why his arms can't twist his thighs on the green field.Normally, he would never compete with the referee, but this time he was humiliated by the opponent's young players, and he became a little annoyed.

He knew that the opponent was looking for him to attack, which also meant that he was the team's biggest weakness in the eyes of the opponent.This made it difficult for him to accept. As the soul of the team, he is the captain on the field, the spiritual leader of everyone, and one of the most trusted players of the head coach. He should have played an exemplary role and become the mainstay of the team, but now, he has actually become a burden for the team and a dragger!

This made it difficult for Antonio, who had a strong self-esteem, to accept it.

It's all because of those bastards in Benfica!Especially the Brazilian black big Vinicius!

Thinking of this, Antonio cast his angry eyes on Vinicius, only to see him being pulled up by his teammates. Several people were talking and laughing, with relaxed expressions, and looked at himself from time to time, their eyes seemed full of banter.

"Bastard!" Antonio trembled angrily, clenching his fists.

"Antonio, don't worry! Take your time!" Gao Yuan's voice sounded from the sidelines.

Antonio glanced at it and raised his hand to signal that he heard it.

However, Gao Yuan was very skeptical about how effective his words would be.Although Antonio is absolutely convinced of himself, the current situation is that this hot-tempered big man is in chaos, and his body's instinctive impulse has far exceeded his rationality.

If the situation does not improve, you have to consider replacing Antonio.After all, it is very dangerous for a central defender to carry a yellow card.

But, who should I replace?
Antonio is the second-ranked central defender in terms of overall strength in the team, second only to Qusay, and is more capable than other central defenders.He couldn't even cope with the impact of Vinicius, so how could other people be the opponents of the Brazilian black big man?

Use other players on the field to play central defender?Both Joao and Zhou Yong had the experience of playing as a central defender, and they both played well.But now the midfield is also very tight, and the main midfielder is placed in an unfamiliar central defender position, not to mention whether Vinicius can be defended, even the defense of the midfield will be weaker!
When Gao Yuan was planning to win and lose, Antonio once again released his signature big shovel on the court.

Fortunately, this time it was a shovel from the side. Although the action was very aggressive, it was obviously that the ball was wrong, and the ball was successfully intercepted from Vinicius' feet.

However, because of the large range of motion, the ball was blocked and the person was brought down again.

When they saw Vinicius fell heavily on the turf, Gao Yuan and all the Maritimos gasped, and subconsciously turned their attention to the referee.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Gao Yuan felt that the referee's Adam's apple moved with the spoon in his mouth, and he almost whistled!
Once this ball is found to be a foul, it will definitely be drawn!
When two yellows turn into one red, Antonio will be sent off!

Gao Yuan didn't dare to pin his hopes on the referee's conduct, after all, he and Antonio had just had a rivalry!

Antonio has been completely messed up!In order to protect him, and even more so to protect the team, he had to be replaced!

Gao Yuan made a decisive decision and asked his assistant to call back Wen Jun who was warming up.

Two minutes later, taking advantage of the dead ball, the Maritimo team made a substitution.

Substitute central defender Wen Jun played and replaced captain Antonio.

(End of this chapter)